Former Portland attorney Shannon Connall's blood alcohol level was .27 percent - or more than three times the legal limit when Portland police arrested her under accusations of drunken and reckless driving, a representative from the Multnomah County District Attorney's office said in court today.

Connall was arrested after a witness called 9-1-1 Friday at 2:27 p.m. to say the 42-year-old had crashed her car in the ritzy Northwest Portland neighborhood of Forest Heights.

The witness said Connall was conscious but confused and falling down after reportedly crashing into a few parked cars near Northwest Miller and Forest Creek roads. It’s unclear who called 9-1-1 or who was hurt or how badly, but Portland police recorded the case as an “injury” crash.

Portland police would not release police reports, pending a decision from the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office. The district attorney's office will decide this afternoon whether it objects to the release of those reports.

When reached by The Oregonian today, Connall declined to comment. Wearing a suit, Connall appeared in Multnomah County Circuit Court today to say she'd like to keep open the option of entering diversion, a program that would allow her - as a first-time offender - to avoid a conviction if she pleaded guilty and followed court orders, such as completing alcohol treatment. In the meantime, Judge Adrienne Nelson ordered Connall not to drink, use drugs or drive.

After joining the Oregon State Bar in 1997, Shannon Connall joined her dad, prominent attorney Des Connall, in representing some of Oregon’s most high-profile criminal defendants. Among those defendants was Sung Koo Kim, the underwear thief wrongfully suspected in the 2004 abduction of Brooke Wilberger from a Corvallis apartment complex.

The bar is pursuing accusations of ethical misconduct against Des Connall for allegedly mishandling clients’ money. He is disputing those allegations, but if he loses, he could face punishments ranging from a public reprimand to disbarment.

Shannon Connall was booked into Multnomah County jail Friday at about 5:30 p.m., and released about three hours later. According to Oregon records, Connall has no previous criminal history.